What Are The Best And Worst Things About Steph Curry’s Historic Season?

The 2015-16 NBA season has been dominated by Steph Curry on the court and in the press. And for good reason, too. We’re all a part of the Media Industrial ComSteph and so we wanted to give our writers another chance to talk about what he’s meant to the season. Except, we’re flipping it on them, too.

We’re giving them a chance to wax poetic about Curry once again, and no adjective will be spared. But we’re also asking them to talking about the biggest negatives to come about during Step’s ascension to perhaps the NBA’s greatest player. Not only that, but we’re asking them which player (ignoring teams and other seasonal subplots) is being ignored the most due to Curry’s ubiquitous influence.

What’s the most exciting thing about Steph’s play this year?

The most exciting thing about Steph’s play this year is the means behind it compared to last: complete freedom and unceasing confidence. To submit that a player like Curry has lacked self-assuredness isn’t quite fair. You don’t reach the peak of the pinnacle without believing in yourself, after all, and that’s what the Golden State Warriors superstar did en route to winning a championship and the MVP in 2014-15. But Curry’s a different player this season, and his different mindset has as much to do with that glorious reality as any skill or athletic improvements. Kudos to Steve Kerr, Luke Walton, Bob Myers, and company for realizing arguably the league’s best player had another step to take and then allowing him the latitude to do it. Kerr would question Steph’s shot selection and general decision-making at times last season, but he’s not doing it now – and the entire basketball world is reaping benefits of that royal jelly.

I’m a clips fan but the joy in watching him play is it feels dangerous…you remember who else played like Steph? (besides Abdul rauf) Jason Williams..Jason was a better ball handler (slightly) and a more creative passer (hence the constant benching) but they shot the same sort of shots. Between the legs four times from 30…the problem was J Will could not sustain or justify being allowed to shoot like that based off his inability to make it consistently. Steph on the other hand is otherworldly…Its the exact same way people felt about young mike when he would go down the lane and toss in a layup bumping against three defenders not looking at the rim. Steph defies convential wisdom. He is the fat guy with one tooth in his mouth and no job who used to date Rihanna, Beyoncé & Mother Teresa…makes sense?

Saw the title of article and was about to be like “Really?” given the season is a few months away from being over but then read it and pulled back on that notion, so Kudos.

I will say that Warriors are basically both sides of the fight in Star Wars (Skywalker with Steph and team is DeathStar iteself). The Warriors (and Steph) have been so much in class themselves that they have rendered this NBA season somewhat anticlimactic. As much as we discuss possible teams that can knock them off, they could also run through the West Playoffs with like 12-2 record and basically lap the Finals like none other since 2007 or 2014 (coincidentally both years LeBron lead a team to finals like a sense of history repeating itself)….

Well thought out and executed article Dime. It’s a little premature to be writing off the rest of the season, as if the Warriors have already won 72+ games and a championship. Lets see what the PlayOffs bring. And what ever happens, I can only hope the off-season will mean a LOT of NBA players will be working hard on their shot, so we can have Curry-lites next season.